CeilingCat ASN, RN

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    Starting NS w/ no prereqs = suicide?

    CeilingCat replied to Summers_Off's topic in General Students

    Can you get in? You might. But is it in YOUR best interest? Maybe not. Get some of the pre-reqs done. At my school this could take 2 semesters itself. Then you're not starting at a...
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    Complaints You've Heard During Nursing School

    CeilingCat replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    Those are all reasonable things.... none of it is worthy of complaints. I think nurses should know math and know how to write! My complaints are more like: - Teaching us to the test, to heck...
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    Correlation Between High GPA & NCLEX Pass Rate/Nursing Care?

    CeilingCat replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    I don't know about the NCLEX. I do know with as hard as it is to get passing grades in my nursing school classes, if you're already a marginal student, you won't make it to graduation. No graduation...
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    C in Adult 1!!!!

    CeilingCat replied to Missy89's topic in General Students

    I was a straight 4.0 GPA before nursing school. Now I'm going to be happy if I get Bs and Cs in my nursing classes. Some of the girls sitting in my row may not be there next semester due to not...
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    Fellow student is....a little stinky

    CeilingCat replied to wants2BRN's topic in General Students

    I don't think it's your job to be the hygiene police...sorry. If he's that "stinky", the instructor would be able to tell on her own. Get used to different smells. Your patients and peers make have...
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    AAh! Textbooks....take a lung and a kidney for payment.

    CeilingCat replied to guest042302019's topic in General Students

    stop buying them from your school bookstore! Online I'm finding brand-new ones for 30-40% less and no sales tax. Last semester I got everything I needed from amazon (cheap), plus free
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    89.90! 1 tenth from an A :(

    CeilingCat replied to superramvette's topic in General Students

    there's got to be a cut-off somewhere Be thankful. Here a 90 is still a B in the nursing
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    confused new student

    CeilingCat replied to RN_Moe960's topic in General Students

    Alot of students are in their 30s and 40s. I am 37 myself. Of course, you can grasp the material! Plus people our age have more maturity, work ethic, people-experience, and focus than teens might...
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    Please Share Your 5 Most Effective Study Strategies

    CeilingCat replied to jd2nurse's topic in General Students

    So much is going to depend on your school and instructor... plus your own individual strengths and weaknesses. If I had to sum up the 5 most effective for my situation: 1) MEMORIZE every word, every...
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    Speaking of facebook...inappropriate...but am I within my rights...?

    CeilingCat replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    My problem is that this is not a case of a romantic relationship or intimate friendship. This is FACEBOOK. A "friend" on facebook only means you're giving the user permission to look at your photos...
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    Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

    CeilingCat replied to morningland's topic in General Students

    I've been on both sides of this fence. I remembered seeing students crying and I'm thinking "what's their problem" or "why don't they grow up". Then I was in my first semester of lab/clinical work....
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    How do you handle cheaters?

    CeilingCat replied to AllSmiles225's topic in General Students

    Our nursing class is not only is required to move seats farther apart or facing the walls, there is more than one copy of the exam... if you glance over at your neighbor, his answers won't match your...
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    pro life to work in ER OR OB

    CeilingCat replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    I believe a nurse has an obligation first to the patient. We can believe what we want, but any nurse who brings their religion/upbringing/beliefs/whatever into the hospital knowing it'll affect...
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    better term for "saggy eldery" skin?

    CeilingCat replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    thanks for the ideas! :loveya: I have a Medical to plain-English dictionary. I need one that goes the other
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    my first pt (and my CarePlan pt) passed away

    CeilingCat posted a topic in General Students

    I am not sure how I should be feeling. I just received news "my patient" for the semester passed away. I know I am not supposed to get attached to anyone, but I still don't feel prepared for this....
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    TEAS EXAM: I failed...Anyone take it with some advice?

    CeilingCat replied to karenroxx's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I got about the same score, also ranking in the 99th percentile. A lot of it is stuff I vaguely remembered from high school science/English/math. I bought a few review books. I had a hard time finding...
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    Has anyone here ever taken an anatomy class online?

    CeilingCat replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    How would you do the labs? We had actual skeletons to study and several dissections. There's no way I could've learned all I did from just a book and a website. And even after the two semesters...
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    HELP Resident calling baby "stupid" What to do!!!??

    CeilingCat replied to WittleOnesRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you want sympathy for having to deal with someone who namecalls, you may not want to do the same: "the blonde tomboy female resident" wasn't really necessarily. Did the resident say this TO the...
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    Do You Wear Your Colors To Work?

    CeilingCat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've not yet been to a medical building where sports-themed (or obviously sport-colored) clothes are seen, so I don't think it's too acceptable in my area. When I go to the hospital to work, I'm not...
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    Nursing school.... is just a bunch of BUSY WORK?

    CeilingCat replied to SilenceDogood's topic in General Students

    We have the same problem. Most of us agree the online "readings" are just poop, so we all open the web site, get the timer started, and go off and do real work. We're turning in so much stuff...
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    ethical issues in nursing practices

    CeilingCat replied to maryam lakhdir's topic in General Students

    I want to help you, but maybe part of the assignment is to get you thinking and to come up with your own topic. What do you think about when you hear the word ethics? What might be ethical...
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    I have the FLU!!! What now??

    CeilingCat replied to ShortStackRN's topic in General Students

    Funny that Nursing schools are least understanding if sick days. Talk to the instructor about options. Can you wear a mask? What is their make-up day
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    Missed Clinical Orient. May be Expelled

    CeilingCat replied to dozndawg's topic in General Students

    Yes, it can be that easy. I don't know if that student should be kicked out in that situation. Where the polices regarding absences given to her in writing? Can she show the nursing dept a...
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    Clock OUT and IN for lunch in a NICU???

    CeilingCat replied to Jerico's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree with mamamerlee: these rules are in place for workplace safety and to follow state regulations. Clocking in/out isn't the problem. The problem is that employees aren't taking breaks. If...
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    melted down in my Clinical Lab today... left crying

    CeilingCat posted a topic in General Students

    ]Three weeks into my first semester - I excused myself from doing my clinical lab test-out and snuck into the bathroom to cry. I feel so sick. Forgive me for this long message, but this is...